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Can you get addicted to acid LSD?

Unlike other recreational drugs, acid generally does not produce compulsive drug-seeking behaviors in those who use LSD. How long does acid stay in your system? Up to 5 days after dosing. However, it is possible to develop a tolerance to acid, which require larger and larger doses to experience hallucinations.

But does acid have long term health effects? Do you need to take it repeatedly to experience negative effects, or is just one hit enough? We explore in more detail below.

Psychoactive ingredients of acid

Acid is the street name for lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD. Acid is a synthetic drug and is manufactured from lysergic acid – a substance which occurs naturally in ergot fungus on wheat and rye. LSD was first discovered in 1938, and has been manufactured, used and abused since the 1960s for its hallucinogenic effects.

Acid is usually sold as a liquid, or applied to blotter paper, sugar cubes, candy, or gelatin squares. It is also sometimes taken as a tablet or capsule. Acid is taken by mouth and is odorless and colorless.

Acid and the brain

The main effects of acid are seen in the brain and spinal cord. Acid alters a user’s perception of reality, causing them to see images, hear sounds, and experience sensations which are outside of ordinary perception. This altered state of consciousness occurs when LSD disrupts the interactions between nerve cells and the chemical serotonin, a neurotransmitter.

In large enough doses, acid produces delusions and visual hallucinations. These hallucinations may be frightening and causepanic and anxiety, sometimes severe. Most acid “trips” last about 12 hours.

Other dangers of acid use

LSD can affect each user differently. The risk of negative effects increases with larger doses of the drug. However, the effects of acid vary widely and there’s no reliable way to guess how acid will affect a particular individual.

Acid users can also experience “flashbacks” where they re-experience parts of a previous acid trip, sometimes years later. This can be a traumatic and unpleasant experience. LSD use can also trigger permanent psychological problems, including schizophrenia and depression.

Is it possible to become addicted to acid?

Research shows that most LSD users voluntarily discontinue or decrease use over time. So, medical professionals don’t believe it’s possible to become addicted, per se, to acid. No withdrawal effects have been noted upon cessation of LSD dosing. However, tolerance to LSD can eventually develop, leading to riskier behaviors and higher doses.

Although there is little information on the frequent, repeated use of the drug because such use is extremely rare…some people may require help to stay off LSD and/or other psychoactive substances. To learn more about the dangers of acid use as well as available rehab options, see what it’s like to seek help from LSD Addiction Treatment Programs and be better prepared for what you can expect. Help is available NOW!

Questions about LSD use and addiction

Do you have any other questions about using acid and its addiction liability? Please leave your questions below or send us an email. We attempt to respond to all questions about LSD and acid personally and promptly.

Hi Christopher. Psychedelics can completely alter a person’s reality. The thing is that in situations like these you can never know. Your friend may return to “normal” soon, but s/he may not. Seeing a psychiatrist may help, but everyone around your friend, including you, can also be supportive and encouraging by being as normal to him/her as possible.

Danielle

1:56 am August 20th, 2015

So if LSD is technically not “addictive”, if a loved one is using it very regularly (multiple times a week) and as a form of escape and as their only way of feeling connected to other people, can they still be called a drug addict? Just having a hard time still feeling validated in telling him he needs help.

Bryan

5:41 am June 4th, 2016

To Christopher;

LSD flashbacks are incredibly rare and over-dramatized in media due to the intriguing mystic of the phenomena which have permeated through popular culture and urban legend.

Hysteria over LSD is written by people who have little idea what they are talking about.

To Danielle:
That seems odd as tolerance to LSD builds very rapidly and most users have to wait a long time between usage before the drug is effective again.

If the person is using LSD to escape a mental health problem, then the only way to help them is to address the mental health problem, not the LSD usage.

If you stop the LSD usage but not the problem they will simply find another crutch, and most crutches are far more dangerous than LSD. I have never known anyone who have had major problems from illegal LSD but many who have suffered from problems with legal gambling, shopping, or diet.

Brayden

10:48 am July 22nd, 2016

Hey, i’ve used LSD 3 times in total and im considering that there might be some form of addiction along with it. After 2-3 days after using it i get excited for my next trip and i start think of the waves of euphoria that wash over me and the beautiful feeling that makes your body want to sway and it makes me want to take it again sooner. I do space it out at least 1 month before doing it again but this feeling of me wanting to do it again is concerning me a little bit.

Thanks

Alphonse

4:13 pm September 15th, 2016

Brayden, I don’t think that’s addiction. You’re just excited about it. You said you space it out at least one month, right? And youo also said you want to use it again. That’s the key word, “want”. You want it, you don’t NEED it. Being dependent to a drug, means you need to use it for some reason, basically, addiction. So, no, you ain’t addicted.

Elie

5:05 pm September 19th, 2017

I had over 50 acid trips , and after hitting twice a week about 120 micros a hit (half tab) , i can say i am happy .
Cheers

Roger

7:17 pm January 15th, 2018

@Elie do you find you have to keep upping the doses?

Dan

7:46 pm August 29th, 2018

As far as LSD addiction goes I hold the belief that anything can be addictive if one uses to escape reality. I also hold the belief that LSD can be somewhat beneficial when used in the correct circumstance. An example of a benefit of LSD would be how the substance can potentaily allow the user to come to grips with traumatic events in the user’s past. However, depending on the user’s psyche during the taking of the substance, LSD can in turn have it’s own traumatic effect on the individual (through intense visual hallucinations). If you’re to take LSD then I recommend you test it with a testing kit first, make sure you’re in a positive mental state, you take it in a familiar secluded location and for someone to watch over you whilst you take the drug.

Chay

3:30 pm September 4th, 2018

I’m dating this guy who has just informed me after about 2 weeks of dating that he drops acid. I’ve only ever smoked marijuana I really don’t like being involved with or around people who do other drugs or hallucinogens or anything of that kind I don’t even really like alcohol too much to be honest I don’t really know how to feel about the fact that he drops acid he says he does not do it often but immediately after he told me I felt like I needed to find out more cuz I don’t really know much about acid and also that I may not want to be involved with this person because of the drug use whether it’s addictive or not it’s just a bit out of my comfort zone you if it’s not addictive why did he wait 2 weeks to tell me about the drug use

My fiance smoked weed and drinks a beer here and there. His sister in law(who is a major heroine addict) laced his weed and beer with Acid. He started sleeping other places, he thought i was having sex with my cousin, he began sleeping and hitting on her, got physical and verbal with me, stopped helping me with our children, and we broke up more than twice because of it. He’s now in rehab and living with his mom until he can get better. Yea it may be fun to some people, but not when this kind of behavior happens. I love him so much and miss him every day but i had to do what was best for my babies. I hope he makes a speedy recovery and realizes that his family needs him. If we don’t work out then his kids need him more than he needs the drug.

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